Books I've read lately

Lately I've been trying to read more, so I thought I'd share the books I have finished with you. Also, since we've had a HUGE garage sale, and my mom wanted to get rid of the not-so-God-glorifying books, I'd thought I'd help out... and because I love reading (I just don't do enough of it).

• The true confessions of Charlotte Doyle ~ this was an okay book, it had a good story behind it, the author did a good job imitating sailors in the book. It's just I don't really want to read a book with curse words in almost every sentence we read. It didn't have that many curse words, but it was still offending.
• The Great Gilly Hopkins ~ I do not recommend this book for any child to read! This book was full of curse words in almost every single page I turned, adn every sentence I read.
• The River ~ this is the sequel to Hatchet, but I don't recommend this book at all. This again it has curse words, God's name in vain. I also don't recommend Hatchet, Brian's winter, and The winter room.

Just thought I'd give a heads up on books not to read!

In His Grace,

Ali Ann

Our Trip to El Paso

We all had a great time with family, we went swimming, we had a couple of family get togethers. It was a very short trip, but it was fun seeing family, and I did manage to take pictures, but not as much as I wanted to. I hope you like the pictures as much as I enjoyed taking them.

We went through Fort Stokcton, Texas there and back.

We drove through A LOT of mountains on our way there and back!

My great - grandma had saved baby land turtles. My dad's family is always saving some sort of animal :)

This is Uncle Mike, he loves to wear hats all the time.

This is Aunt Jenny she and I took a lot of the pictures :)

This is Aunt Vicki, she loves to make goofy faces for the camera.

This is Grandpa Larry and my dad.

Like I said it was a very short trip, but we all had a great time. Sydney and I are looking forward to seeing them again.

In His Amazing Grace,

Ali Ann

I am leaving

Tomorrow my family and I are leaving for El Paso, TX to see my dad's side of the family. We will be gone for at least four days. I will be taking my camera, so when I get back I'll blog about the trip and post pictures then.

Have a blessed rest of the week and great weekend!

In His Grace,
Ali Ann

I did it!

Yesterday I went to my first Threads of Love meeting and learned how to knit. While I was there the Lord blessed me with knitting needles, knitting looms, and baby yarn (I didn't know what I'd need). So last night I finished my first premie baby boy hat, I'll post pictures later. I also finished my first toddler sized hat, again you'll see pictures later.

And today Dad had to go to Laredo, TX so I took my knitting supplies and finished my third hat.

Threads of Love is a small non-profit organization that makes hats, booties, 18" blocks, blankets, and journals for Premature babies and the parents. To find out more about Threads of Love visit http://www.threadsoflove.org/

In His Grace,
Ali Ann

Another cool giveaway

Alright everyone, Emily over at Practically Pink is having another giveway. This time the prize is a really pretty t-shirt. Be sure to check her blog out http://www.practicallypink.blogspot.com/. The deadline on this giveaway is the 12th of this month, and Emily will be picking and announcing the lucky winner on the 13th. Make sure you don't miss this cool oppurtunity to get this t-shirt. The info on how to enter the giveaway is in her post.

In His Grace,
Ali Ann